Category Archives: Spotlights

Challenge Roundup, Vol. 2

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Lately a few people have been asking for new combo challenges, so here are some recent ones from various corners of the internet. Check ’em out and give them a try.

SSF4 Combo Challenge by Snoooootch

Simple mode: Without dizzying an opponent … Use a taunt in the middle of a combo!
Hard mode: Without dizzying or FA crumbling, use a taunt in the middle of a combo!

 
MvC2 Combo Challenge #1 by Romneto

Do a 100% damage combo to a 100% (standard) defense character by using no more than 2 super meters.

 
T6BR Combo Challenge Volume 2 by noodalls

uf+1 uf+2 uf+3 and uf+4 in one combo / All challengers welcome

 
While these aren’t all exactly brand new, nobody’s going to reject perfectly valid responses if you follow directions. Good luck!

CV Spotlight: KYSG’s 3S Dudley Exhibition

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This excellent combovid arrived back in September, but it’s one of my favorite videos of 2010, so i just want to mention it before year’s end. It was the second SF3:3S exhibition released this year by 538 (of the group KYSG), and the eleventh overall – although he doesn’t want these last two to be considered part of the original series.

SF3 3rd Strike Dudley Combo Exhibition (Sample Rec)

Apparently all this footage was recorded from 2005 to 2006, and it’s a good thing he decided to publish it because it’s still amazing to watch. The “History of KYSG+3S” segment at 4:32 was a nice touch … hopefully this doesn’t signify the end of the line for 538’s talents.

It’s hard to point out highlights because the entire thing is a highlight reel, but i especially liked Dudley’s whiff s.LP at 0:32, the quad EX Machine Gun Blow combo at 1:10, the side switch insanity vs Chun Li at 1:43, those whiff chains at 3:18, everything from 5:06 to 5:52, the unlikely death combo vs Remy at 7:21, and the Corkscrew Blow KO at 7:57.

CV Spotlight: S3 CMV

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Produced and edited by CPS2, this multi-game collaborative combo video premiered today at the Sydney Summer Slam tournament held in Australia. It was originally intended for OHN9, which got delayed until February.

S3 CMV

Its unifying theme is showcasing Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition characters in various classic fighting games. You’ll notice that Charlie and Haggar both make appearances in the video, but that’s because they’re referenced as alternate costumes in SSF4.

There’s a lot of great material here, particularly from the Street Fighter Alpha series and Street Fighter III series. In terms of editing, the overall pace is calm and some of the transitions are very sharp, especially at 1:55 and 3:47. The animated intro by AtomicX was a nice touch, and the laid-back soundtrack is oddly fitting for a Christmas-time video.

A Tribute To TZW-ART?

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In light of XSPR’s recent interview with TZW-ART? here’s a montage honoring his contributions. It’s impossible to overstate the impact of TZW’s works on the entire fighting game community. He set the standard for combo video excellence – before the internet became a household utility, back when most people were completely unaware of the boundaries he was pushing.

Before anyone complains about poor video quality, keep in mind that all of this footage was originally recorded and distributed on VHS cassettes. Back in the day we’d be lucky to see a fifth generation copy of a TZW tape. To me, those scratches and flickers are part of the charm.

Think about how many of these setups are still being used in combo videos today. All those crazy charge tricks, fireball chasing setups, post-KO juggles, trade interrupts, chain glitches, Dhalsim limb setups, backwards attacks … TZW-ART? was the first person to find all of them!

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Suggested Reading, Vol. 4

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Well, it’s been over three months, so it’s that time again. Let’s take a look at what players have been writing around the fighting game community lately.

The Game at Xenozip’s Notes

When you see it in videos it might not be entertaining, but so what — those players aren’t there to entertain you, they are there to entertain themselves. What that “cheap tactic” is doing is helping the community by forcing everyone to level up and fight harder. It’s all about setting a bar and having your opponent beat it, or finding some one else who raised the bar even higher so that you could try and beat it.

 
Five Questions with Jay “Viscant” Snyder at ComboVid

There’s always somebody better out there; there’s always another challenge. To me, Street Fighter is a game you can never truly master. It’s filled with a lot of mini-goals along the way with a semi-unattainable goal at the end. You keep chasing the goal of beating so-and-so, and then once you achieve it, there’s another person to beat, another goal to achieve, another tournament to win, no matter how good you are.

 
7 Street Fighter Pros Share Their Secrets to Winning at Shoryuken

Give us a week, and we’ll give you the secrets to winning by seven Street Fighter pros. With the help of Street Fighter veteran and SRK advisor John Choi, we’ve picked the minds of some of the best Street Fighter pros in the scene.

 
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